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Honoured to equal Charlton’s record: Rooney
London: England football team captain Wayne Rooney has described equalling Bobby Charlton’s scoring record as a “huge honour” after moving level with the World Cup winner on 49 goals for his country.
Rooney, 29, scored a penalty in England’s 6-0 win in San Marino on Saturday to equal Charlton’s tally, before being substituted.
“To be level with Sir Bobby is a huge honour, a great moment and I am very proud of it. Hopefully I will surpass that and become the outright leader,” Rooney was quoted as saying by BBC Radio 5 live on Sunday.
England’s victory confirmed their qualification for Euro 2016 in France next summer.
England coach Roy Hodgson replaced Rooney with Harry Kane just before the hour mark, depriving his captain of the chance to surpass Charlton on Saturday, but insisted the substitution was always going to happen.
“It was planned, in fact the team we put out was planned with a view to Tuesday night against Switzerland,” Hodgson said.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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